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Contents Message from the AATSEEL President ...... 1 Letter from the Editor ...... 1 Recent Publications ...... 2 Graduate Student Forum ...... 3 Balkan Café ...... 4 Technology & Language Learning .....7 Member News ...... 11 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 12 Cross Cultural Communication ...... 16 Russian at Work ...... 18 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 20 Summer Language Programs ...... 23 Professional Opportunities ...... 31 AATSEEL Membership Form ...... 32

Volume 55 Issue 1 February 2012 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 55, Issue 1 February 2012

AATSEEL NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL STAFF AATSEEL POINTS OF CONTACT Editor: BETTY LOU LEAVER President: Assistant Editor: CARMEN FINASHINA NANCY CONDEE Contributing Editors: VALERY BELYANIN University of Pittsburgh MOLLY THOMASY BLASING [email protected] President-Elect: ELENA DENISOVA-SCHMIDT THOMAS SEIFRID KATHLEEN EVANS-ROMAINE University of Southern California SIBELAN FORRESTER [email protected] ALINA ISRAELI Past President: KATYA JORDAN CARYL EMERSON Ferit Kiliçkaya Princeton University ANI KOKOBOBO [email protected] NATASA MILAS Vice-Presidents: KATYA HOKANSON MILA SASKOVA-PIERCE University of Oregon CURT WOOLHISER [email protected] KAMILA ZAPLETÁLKOVÁ ELENA KOSTENKO-FARKAS Anchorage School District NL Coordinates: [email protected] Editor: [email protected] JAMES LAVINE Assistant Editor: [email protected] Bucknell University Layout/Advertising: [email protected] [email protected] JULIA MIKHAILOVA AATSEEL Office: University of Toronto Elizabeth Durst [email protected] Executive Director, AATSEEL VALERIA SOBOL 3501 Trousdale PKY., THH 255L University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353 USA [email protected] REBECCA STANTON E-mail: [email protected] Barnard College, Columbia University Layout/Advertising: CDL Services [email protected] Editor, SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL: Submitting Copy: GERALD JANECEK University of Kentucky (1) Foreign languages are accommodated if prepared on Ma- [email protected] cIntosh with a truetype or postscript font that can be shared. Editor, AATSEEL NEWSLETTER: (2) Eps or pdf with embedded fonts, Indesign, PageMaker, BETTY LOU LEAVER and Quark Express documents can be accommodated. [email protected] Conference Program Committee Chair: (3) Please do not double-space between sentences in elec- ALEXANDER BURRY tronic submissions. Ohio State University (4) Please query the editor about formatting, content, graph- [email protected] Executive Director: ics, or language. ELIZABETH DURST (5) The AATSEEL Newsletter is not copyrighted. Authors AATSEEL of U.S., Inc. wishing to protect their contributions should copyright their University of Southern California materials. [email protected] Conference Manager: (6) Full specifications are available at the AATSEEL web site. DIANNA MURPHY AATSEEL Conference Manager [email protected] AATSEEL Web site AATSEEL Web Master: For current online information about AATSEEL DAVID GALLOWAY and its activities, visit AATSEEL on the web: Hobart and William Smith Colleges http://www.aatseel.org [email protected] February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

Message from the of Texas at Austin) has kindly agreed to to AATSEEL’s Additional Resources, run a featured workshop on Intensive then For Teaching http://www.aatseel. AATSEEL President Language Instruction, in response to in- org/resources/resources_teaching/. terest on the part of AATSEEL language Happy reading: the contributions will We want to congratulate Elizabeth teachers. Keep an eye on the AATSEEL make both your teaching and your intel- Durst on her first AATSEEL confer- website at http://www.aatseel.org/ lectual lives much richer. I am grateful ence as Executive Director. Thanks to program/ for further information as both to Erin and to the contributors for her work, together with the organizers these opportunities are ready to accept this resource. (Dianna Murphy and Alex Burry, as registered AATSEEL members. We well as a host of colleague-volunteers), welcome new members and are proud Nancy Condee the meeting attracted a high registration that AATSEEL is able to offer a unique (University of Pittsburgh), rate and had several outstanding special environment for literature, linguistics, AATSEEL President (2011-2012) events. These included the Keynote by and cinema teachers and scholars of the Irina Paperno (Berkeley), who was last expanse that we now call Eurasia. Letter from the Editor year’s winner of the Outstanding Con- While AATSEEL 2013 is a long tribution to Scholarship Award. Her talk way off, a very different AATSEEL First, I would like to welcome ev- (“What, Then, Shall We Do: Tolstoy’s resource is now ready for use in the eryone back to the beginning of a new Way”) was witty, erudite, and wise; we months ahead as we gradually give semester. (For me, alas, there are no se- were lucky to be there and look forward some thought as to what we might mesters, just year-round work – enjoy- to reading it in an upcoming issue of consider teaching next academic year. able work, though, so I guess that makes up for the lack of semester breaks.) I Slavic and East European Journal. AATSEEL member and PhD student This year’s Outstanding Contribution hope that the seasonal holidays and se- Erin Alpert (University of Pittsburgh) mester break provided rest and energy to Scholarship was awarded to Michael has been working for several years to Heim (UCLA); again, following AAT- for a new start in a new year. collect syllabi from a broad range of Second, I want to apologize for the SEEL tradition, we look forward to courses from universities and colleges late issuance of this newsletter. In spite his Keynote in Boston (Hyatt Regency in the US and UK. Thanks to the gen- of having two new assistant editors – I Boston) at the next gathering (3-6 Janu- erosity of our colleagues in language- am really going to appreciate the extra ary 2013). teaching, film, literature, linguistics, help with proofreading; that much is A special thank-you goes to Katya and culture, we now have a substantial a given – insurmountable delays have Hokanson (University of Oregon) for portfolio of syllabi to help us conceive ensued, mainly because a couple of the her hard work and dedication to the of how to teach more interesting cours- columns that we really count on were late in coming in for legitimate reasons: AATSEEL Advanced Seminars, which es, enriched by each other’s efforts. On completed its third successful year with individuals were out of the country. I line you will find course descriptions by will think about some out-of-the-box offerings by Eric Naiman (Berkeley), Emma Widdis (Cambridge) on Russian entitled Reading Too Closely, and by solutions for that dilemma before it Culture after 1880; Caryl Emerson recurs. In any event, any time-sensitive Boris Gasparov (Columbia), who led (Princeton) on the European Novel information does go up on the website the seminar Pushkin’s Poetry and its of the 20th century; Lilya Kaganovsky rather than into the newsletter. Romantic Contexts. We consider the (University of Illinois) on Nabokov and Third, I do want to thank all those Advanced Seminars to be a key feature Cold War on Film; Mark Lipovetsky contributing editors who have brought of AATSEEL, offering Slavists a unique (University of Colorado) on Cultural so much effort, knowledge, and talent opportunity in a small format (with Mythologies of Russian Communism; to the pages of the AATSEEL Newsletter limited participation) to engage with Denise Youngblood (University of over the years. I appreciate those who have just joined the editorial staff with some of the best-known scholars of our Vermont) on World War II, Film and generation. new column ideas and very much thank History; Eliot Borenstein (New York those who have continued their columns Looking forward to AATSEEL University) on Modernist Poetry; Sibel- 2013 in Boston, we are proud to an- year after year. Of course, I always wel- an Forrester (Swarthmore College) on come new ideas to add to the richness nounce two more upcoming Advanced Russian Women Writers and Literature of the newsletter. Seminars. The first will be led by of Dissent; Birgit Beumers (University Finally, I am sorry that I missed Stephanie Sandler (Harvard Univer- of Bristol) on Soviet and Russian Cin- seeing all of you at this year’s annual sity) on contemporary Russian poetry ema; Tony Anemone (New School) on meeting. Work requirements prohibited (participation will be limited to 20 AAT- Late Weimar and Early Soviet Cinema; my attendance, but as there is always SEEL members). The second Advanced Petre Petrov (Princeton) on Figures of another year, I do look forward to seeing Seminar will be conducted by Yuri Madness in Russian Culture; Seth Gra- readers at next year’s annual meeting, Tsivian (Chicago) on Russian cinema the details of which will be shared in the ham (University College London) on newsletter as they become known. (details to follow). In addition to these Age of War and Revolution, and many two offerings, AATSEEL is organizing other contributions. To find the link, go another format: Tom Garza (University Betty Lou Leaver 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 55, Issue 1 February 2012

Baldwin, Y. 2012. English-Russian Poetry Russian-English Medical Diction- Wachtel, M. 2012. A Commentary to Recent ary and Phrasebook. London, UK: Pushkin’s Lyric Poetry, 1826–1836. Routledge. Publications University of Wisconsin Press. Erard, Michael. 2012. Babel No More: The Recent Publications column in- The Search for the World’s Most Political Science Extraordinary Language Learners. cludes books published in 2010-2011. Gurman, Hannah. 2012. The Dissent Authors and publishers are invited to Free Press. Hunt, J. 2012. Russian. Raintree. (il- Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in submit information about their new the Cold War and Beyond. New York: publications. lustrated by children) Columbia University Press. Please be sure to include the date of Literature Kocho-Williams, A. 2012. Russian publication and the publisher. and Soviet Diplomacy 1900-39. New Chrostowska, S. D. 2012. Literature Art York: Palgrave Macmillan. on Trial: The Emergence of Critical Kupatadze, A. 2012. Organized Crime, Tupitsyn, V., Buck-Morss, S. 2012. The Discourse in Germany, Poland, and Political Transitions and State For- Museological Unconscious: Com- Russia, 1700-1800. Toronto: Univer- mation in Post-Soviet Eurasian. New munical (Post)Modernism in Russia. sity of Toronto Press. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Conolly, J. 2012. Nabokov and His Fic- York: Palgrave Macmillan. tion: New Perspectives. Cambridge, Leontovitsch, V., & Leontovitsch, P. Culture and Cultural Studies UK: Cambridge University Press. 2012. The History of Liberalism in Pittsburgh, PA: University of Resurrection from Russia. Hass, J. 2012. Rethinking the Post- Girard, Rene. 2012. Pittsburgh Press. the Underground: Feodor Dosto- Soviet Experience: Markets, Moral Morrissey, S. K. 2012. Suicide and evsky. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Economies, and Cultural Contradic- the Body Politic in Imperial Russia. tions of Post-Socialist Russia. New State University. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univer- York: Palgrave Macmillan. Military sity Press. Yefimova, L. V., & Aleshina, T. S. 2012. Plamper, J. 2012. The Stalin Cult: A Russian Elegance: Country and City Ferre, R., ed. 2012. Red Cavalry: Cre- th th Study in the Alchemy of Power. New Fashion from the 15 to the 20 Cen- ation and Power in Soviet Russia Haven, CT: Yale University Press. tury. VIVAYS. 1917-1945. La Casa Encendida. Rees, E. A., 2012. Iron Lazar: A Politi- . Ecology Gordon, Y., & Komissarov, D. 2012 cal Biography of Lazar Koganovich. Soviet Tactical Aviation. Hikoki Anthem Press. Jakobsen, T., & Ozhigin, V. K. 2012. Publications. Roberts, G. 2011. Molotov: Stalin’s The Barents Sea: Ecosystem, Re- Olsen, J. A., & Gray, C. S. 2012. The Cold Warrior. Potomac Books. Practice of Strategy: From Alexander sources, Management: Half a Century Roxburgh, A. 2012. The Strongman: the Great to the Present. Oxford, UK: of Russian-Norwegian Cooperation. Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Oxford University Press. Tapir Academic Press. Russia. I. B Tauris. . Army of the Sky: Vitarbo. G. 2012 Wilson, A. 2012. Belarus: The Last History Russian Military Aviation before the European Dictatorship. New Haven, Great War, 1904-1914 Germany: Grahame, F. R. 2012. Life and Times of . CT: Yale University Press. Alexander I: Emperor of All the Rus- Peter Lang Publishing. sians. Nabu Press. Music Porshnev, B. F., & Dukes, P. 2012. Mus- covy and Sweden in the Thirty Years’ Jaffe, Daniel. 2012. Historical Diction- War 1630-1635. Cambridge, UK: ary of Russian Music. Scarecrow AATSEEL Cambridge University Press. Press. Stahel, D. 2012. Kiev 1941: Hitler’s Naroditskaya, I. 2012. Bewitching Website Russian Opera: The Tsarina from Battle for Supremacy in the East. For current online Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univer- State to Stage. Oxford, UK: Oxford sity Press. University Press. information about AATSEEL Willson, R. B. 2012. Ligeti, Kurtag, and and its activities, visit Language and Linguistics Hungarian Music during the Cold AATSEEL on the web: Bailyn, J. F. 2012. The Syntax of Rus- War. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge sian. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. http://www.aatseel.org University Press. 2 February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

Editor: Natasa Milas Graduate Student Forum Yale University

The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank our they might like to see you teach, and be colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They include ready to talk both about what you can Marina Balina (Illinois Wesleyan University); Margaret Beissinger (Princeton do with a standard topic AND about the University); Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon (Purdue course you would most love to teach. Be University); Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); and Sibelan duly enthusiastic about the great work Forrester (Swarthmore College). Look for their responses to new questions in you are doing. Once you’re invited to future issues of the AATSEEL Newsletter. Please send your questions to Natasa campus, don’t get so obsessed with at [email protected]. presenting yourself that you forget to ask your potential colleagues what they Q: When interviewing potential position is at an R-1 institution be sure are working on at the moment. candidates for Russian language and to talk up your research first, before 6) If one of the courses they men- literature positions, what are some of the the paragraph where you eloquently tion involves a topic that is not your things that you look for? What leaves a describe your love of teaching. favorite, don’t respond negatively. We good impression and, conversely, what 3) If you can, get your recommend- all wind up teaching things that don’t are some mistakes that applicants often ers to address why you’re a good fit for particularly interest us, and a good make when presenting themselves? the specific position rather than writ- departmental citizen will try to do it ing general “to whom it may concern” cheerfully. If you don’t know a certain A: There are a lot of things that a letters. topic, you can nevertheless be eager candidate can do to make the best im- 4) It’s a great idea to look at the to learn. pression! Here’s a partial list. course offerings at the institution where 7) Last but not least, remember that 1) Don’t do anything that might you’ll be interviewing and create a few you’re one of several candidates for a get you excluded from consideration. If sample syllabi. Don’t limit yourself to position. Perhaps your scholarly inter- there are a lot of applicants, the search a narrow range of topics. Draft one or ests will wind up resembling someone committee will in a way be grateful for two syllabi for more traditional courses else’s too much, or another candidate any excuse NOT to spend time on your (such as a survey of 19th-century lit. in will simply click better, and you won’t application. That doesn’t mean being translation—especially if your disser- get the offer. (One might compare a job paranoid—but make sure your CV is tation or prior teaching wasn’t in the search to a class where you can only professional looking, and don’t give any 19th century), and one or two for more give one A while everyone else gets an documents you upload dippy or confus- adventurous courses: Muslims in Rus- F.) If you presented yourself well but ing titles (i.e.“me.doc”). sia, Russian Folklore, Nature versus didn’t land the job, you still might get 2) Make sure your cover letter Industry in Eastern Europe (with an invited to do a talk there in future, or addresses the specific position descrip- environmental studies spin), film and to participate in a conference panel or tion. If I’m reading applications for other media: all these would be big as- contribute that article you talked about a 19th-century position but you wrote sets for most institutions. to a collection. your dissertation on Platonov, I’ll keep 5) Go into the interview—be it at Best of luck! reading if you point out (say) Platonov’s AATSEEL or already on campus— deep connections to Pisemsky and thinking of it as a chance to meet some Sibelan Forrester, Professor of Rus- early Gorky, plus your ability to teach interesting people and learn interesting sian, Swarthmore College Pushkin, Dostoevsky, or Tolstoy. If the things. Ask them what kinds of courses

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Editor: Natasa Milas, Balkan Café Yale University

Balkan Café is a new column dedicated to research and teaching issues pertaining to the countries of the Balkan Region. This is a place for students, teachers, and scholars to come together and exchange ideas, concerns, and questions on vari- ous aspects of Balkan Culture. I am using this opportunity to invite short articles, translations, and reviews, as well as announcements of conferences, book publications, and other material relevant to Balkan Studies. Please send questions or submissions to the editor, Natasa Milas, at [email protected].

Cinemundo and successfully depict the absurdities of a women’s cinema that stands in stark New Trends in Bosnian Cinema of the war. opposition to the masculine-marked Hristova similarly focuses on cinema of “self-Balkanization.” 43rd Annual ASEEES Convention, Tanović’s opus but foregrounds the Washington, D.C. theme of violence and analyzes his No Aida Vidan The panel “New Trends in Bos- Man’s Land and Triage. She argues that nian Cinema” at the 2011 ASEEES the “director’s use of geography and Marginalized World of Goran convention included three excellent space goes beyond particular concerns Paskaljević’s Cinema presentations: Nataša Milas (Yale U), of setting or scenery or even plot details who spoke on “Laughter in the Dark: 43rd Annual ASEEES Convention, and serves to broadcast a deeper preoc- Danis Tanović and Bosnian Film,” Washington, D.C. cupation with the problem of human Maria Hristova (Yale U), whose pa- The roundtable discussion dedicated violence.” In Hristova’s view, space as per focused on “Geography of Ethnic to the films of Goran Paskaljević at the depicted in these films acquires almost Conflict in New Bosnian Cinema,” and 43rd Annual ASEEES Convention came a mythological quality, and the subter- Zdenko Mandušić’s (U of Chicago) about from corresponding amounts of restrial scenes become metaphors of “Scarred Bodies, Hidden Hope: Posi- enthusiastic appreciation and analytical death while those that show long shots tions of Identification in the Films of interest in his films. Without reducing of landscapes stand for life, which is Jasmila Žbanić.” The panel was chaired what was said during the roundtable, I further mirrored in psychological fis- by Raisa Sidenova (Yale U) and mod- want to mention several points made sures of the principal characters. erated by Aida Vidan (Harvard U). All during the discussion, ideas which film In a nuanced study of the depic- three presenters cited 1992 as the “year enthusiasts might find interesting. The tions of the female characters in Jasmila zero” in the development of Bosnian discussants approached Paskaljević’s Žbanić’s filmsGrbavica (2006) and On film, although they also underscored oeuvre through multiple topics of in- the Path (2010), Zdenko Mandušić re- the common Yugoslav heritage from terest. After making a thoughtful state- lies on the concept of a female body as which the film industry of the newly ment on the necessity and relevancy of the enemy’s marking of the conquered established country stemmed. considering the films of this director, territory, only to demonstrate that the Milas distinguishes between two Dragana Obradović (U of Toronto) female director does not subscribe to principal orientations in recent Bosnian discussed Paskjaljević’s films in terms “masculine ideals of neo-traditional war film, the sentimental and humor- of their ethical and stylistic aspects. ethnic patriarchy,” opting rather to give ous lines, focusing on the latter and its She suggested that in these films we individuality and voices to the women most prominent representative, Danis can recognize a kind of symbolic who were silenced by brutal war acts Tanović. The first and last films from monument that tries to makes moral and conservative societal transfor- his war trilogy that includes No Man’s sense of history’s madness and brutal- mations during the post-war identity Land (2001), Triage (2009), and Circus ity. Marijeta Bozović (Colgate) delved crisis. Mandušić undertakes a detailed Columbia (2010) rely heavily on the into Paskaljević’s early films and their analysis of the camera work in order humorous approach, in particular the treatment of social problems through to demonstrate how “formal strategies specific type of Monty Pythonesque everyday happenstance. The early films are mobilized to resist the official po- satire as practiced by the Bosnian TV establish Paskaljević’s interest in a kind litical aesthetic practice of appropria- comedy group Top Lista Nadrealista of cinema of moral concerns. They also tion, representation, and codification.” (The Surrealist Top-List), active in interestingly feature a strong fascination The failed attempts at aural and visual the 1980s. Milas claims that Tanović with trains, repeated as a trope, which silencing of women in Žbanić’s films, exploited humor as a device that al- can be paradoxically read as either combined with her “naturalistic” ap- lowed him to create a critical distance representing modernity and progress proach, points strongly in the direction

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or the crush of industrialization. Antje films consider the time of Yugoslavia of numerous interviews with musicians Postema (U of Chicago) closely con- and the Socialist regime through the who existed on the music scene together sidered the ethical and stylistic choices prism of art, Orchestra through popular with Plavi Orkestar, including Elvis J of Paskaljević’s work, particularly his music and Cinema Komunisto through Kurtović, Rambo Amadeus, Leibach, San zimske noći (Midwinter’s Night film. Turajlić’sCinema Komunisto fol- Bajaga, to friends and family, and finally Tale, 2006). This film is particularly lows the development of Yugoslav cin- the politicians who reigned during the important due to the director’s choice ematography alongside the emergence time of Yugoslavia, Stipe Mesić and to cast a real person with autism as op- of the second Yugoslavia. Tito’s love Milan Kučan. While Cinema Komunisto posed to having an actor play the part. of cinema and his position as president treats the country, “that no longer exists This decision impacted the way the film gave him a unique opportunity to invest except in the movies,” Orchestra tells of was made in a creative way and added in the production of Yugoslav film. time that, as Marcel Štefanačić, one of weight to the historical and aesthetic Some of these films featured Hollywood the interviewees in the film notes, “no importance of this film. Those attend- movie stars and essentially unlim- longer exists except in their songs.” As ing the roundtable discussion positively ited budgets. Among them are famous the front man of Plavi Orkestar, Saša responded to this collective discussion war epics Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Lošić, echoes the poignancy of the of Paskaljević’s work. Neretvi, 1969) by Veljko Bulaić, and nostalgia surrounding this band and the Sutjeska, 1973, by Stipe Delić star- time Žalica frames it as having repre- Zdenko Mandušić ring Richard Burton as president Tito. sented: “There is an American dream,” Turajić creates an epic of her own sort Lošić says, adding of his musical career, Mila Turjalić’s Cinema in this monumental retelling of the de- “This was the Yugoslav dream.” Komunisto. Serbia, 2010 and Pjer velopment of Yugoslav national cinema Žalica’s Orchestra. Bosnia, 2011. and formative historical events of the Nataša Milas The year 2011 saw the premier Yugoslav state. of two noteworthy documentaries Žalica’s Orchestra tells the story of produced in the regions of the Former a Bosnian band from the eighties, Plavi Yugoslavia: Mila Turajlić’s Cinema Ko- Orkestar, their music, their rise to fame, munisto from Serbia, and Pjer Žalica’s and finally the war that temporarily dis- Orchestra (Orkestar) from Bosnia. Both mantled the band. The film is comprised

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Editor: Ferit Kiliçkaya, Technology & Middle East Technical Language Learning University

Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to Ferit Kılıçkaya ([email protected], ferit. [email protected])

Edmodo: Make Your Language Clasroom a Community As technology develops and more companies provide new opportunities for teachers as well as learners, learning and teaching become more flexible and move beyond the walls of the classrooms and campus. Blogs, Wiki pages, discussion forums and many other technological tools help teachers and learners to continue communicating outside the classroom. In addition to these tools, some free Course Management Systems (CMs) and social networking tools such as Moodle, Dokeos, Nicenet and Edmodo enable teachers to provide in-class and outside-class learning opportunities for their learners, publish- ing teaching materials, using multimedia files and providing interaction beyond the classroom hours (Aydın & Tırkes, 2010; Altun,Gülbahar, & Madran, 2008; Mohamed& Dzakiria, 2005). The free versions of Dokeos (Kılıçkaya, 2009) and Nicenet (Mohamed & Dzakiria), unlike Moodle (Hillar, 2010) and paid platforms such as Blackboard, do not require a server or maintenance as they are already installed and hosted by the companies providing these services. Like Dokeos and Nicenet, Edmodo is provided free of charge, without the need to install anything on a web server. In this column, Edmodo will be introduced, focusing on its use of basic features

Edmodo Edmodo is a free social learning platform to increase communication and collaboration among students and even teachers as well as schools. Like other similar platforms, Edmodo provides a secure way for teachers and learners to share any course material and collaborate with each other in addition to access to the coursework such as assignments and homework. Better still, it is provided free of charge. Getting started with Edmodo Please visit Edmodo (http://www.edmodo.com) and follow the steps below: When you visit Edmodo, the first step will be to create your free account. Since we are going to create a teacher account, select “I’m a Teacher” and complete the registration.

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The next page will be your Edmodo homepage. The next thing is to create your groups. In other words, you will create your class to enable your students to communicate and collaborate with each other.

On the left column of your page, select the “create” link (a) and provide the details of your group or class. When you have created your group or class, Edmodo will display a small pop-up message, stating that the group has been created, with the 6-digit group code provided.

Please write down the note or save it to your computer as your learners will need this code to join your group or class. Give this code to your learners. When your learners visit Edmodo, they can join selecting “I’m a Student” and providing the code. The group or class that you have just created will appear on the left column of your page below “Groups”. The next step will be to post messages, assignments, quizzes or polls.

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Using the link “Note”, you can post notes and your students can respond easily to your post. Likewise, other students can respond to the notes posted by their classmates. Using the “Alert” link, you can send important messages to the students in your group or class. These messages will appear in the “Notifications”, which is on the top right corner of your homepage. Assignments can be assigned using the link “Assignment”. The blanks that you are going to fill in are self-explanatory.

After providing the title, details and attaching the files you want (one at a time); you can send the assignment to your groups. Grading and scoring assignments can be done using the “Grades” link on the top of the page. If you want to create a poll, Edmodo provides an easy way. When you click on “Poll” link, you can type your question, provide your answers in the multiple-choice format, post it and wait for the responds. Using the “Quiz” link, a quiz can be created in four different forms: Multiple-Choice, True/False, Short Answer and Fill in the blank.

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Media files from the library or links to other web pages can be inserted into the questions. This is especially useful when you want to create exercises focusing on listening. In order to add files such as MP3, “Library” link at the top of the homepage can be selected and files can be uploaded to the library using the link “Add to the library.” In order to change group settings, the “Group settings” link can be selected. Group title and level can be changed.

Moreover, after all your students have joined for the course and if you do not want any other student to register, you can change the “Group Code:” to “LOCKED”. Evaluation With Edmodo, language teachers can increase communication and collaboration with their students outside the classroom and manage most of the coursework outside the classroom. Although Edmodo cannot be seen as a comprehensive course man- agement system such as Moodle, it is a nice option for teachers to take some part of teaching and learning process online. References Altun, A., Gülbahar, Y., & Madran, O. R. (2008). Use of a content management system for blended learning: Perceptions of pre-service teachers. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 9(4). Retrieved from http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/ tojde32/pdf/article_11.pdf Aydın, C. C., & Tırkes, G. (2010). Open source learning management systems in distance learning. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(2), 175-184. Retrieved from http://www.tojet.net/articles/9218.pdf Dokeos. http://www.dokeos.com. Edmodo. http://www.edmodo.com. Hillar, S. P. (2010). Moodle 1.9: English teacher’s cookbook: 80 simple but incredibly effective recipes for teaching reading comprehension, writing, and composing using Moodle 1.9 and Web 2.0. Birmingham: Packt Publishing. Kılıçkaya, F. (2009). Another powerful e-learning and course management tool for web-based learning: DOKEOS. CALL-EJ Online, 11(1). Retrieved from http://callej.org/journal/11-1/kilickaya.html Mohamed, A. H., & Dzakiria, H. (2005). Using nicenet in language classrooms at the Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. Malaysian Online Journal of Instructional Technology, 2(2), 114-123. Retrieved from http://pppjj.usm.my/mojit/articles/ pdf/August05/11-Halim%20&%20Hisham-UUM.pdf Moodle. http://www.moodle.org Nicenet. http://www.nicenet.org Resources Other social networking and learning management tools

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Union and to the turbulent post-Soviet specialists who explore the state of the Member News aftermath. If the debate on R u s - fields of Russian history, Ukrainian sia’s imperial and national identities history, Russian literature, Ukrainian Editor: Molly Thomasy Blasing has been dominated by historians and literature, Slavic linguistics, post-Soviet (University of Wisconsin-Madison) social scientists, then The Imperial politics, cinema, folklore, anthropology, Trace insists on the pertinence of cul- and studies of the collapse of the USSR. The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep tural production even as it engages in a For a full table of contents, to subscribe, its members informed about important dialogue across disciplines. Condee suc- or to purchase a copy of the special is- events and professional milestones! If ceeds in her goal, not by dissolving each sue, please see the journal’s website at: you or an AATSEEL member you know filmmaker into his or her context, but http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp or contact has recently defended a dissertation, by exploring the more oblique tricks of Dr. Krys at [email protected] been hired, received a promotion or the imaginative trade by which a work retired, please send the member’s name, of art ponders, disavows, or transfigures Betsy Sandstrom won first place accomplishment and affiliation to: its own time.” in a recent competition for teachers Molly Thomasy Blasing, thomasy@ The volume was also awarded the of Russian at the first International wisc.edu top film studies prize, the 2010 Kovács Russian Language and Culture Fes- Book Award from the Society for Cin- tival in Saint Petersburg (November The AATSEEL Newsletter would ema and Media Studies. 2011). Sandstrom was recognized for like to recognize the following mem- Distinguished Teaching of Russian bers for their recent professional mile- Independent scholar Jerome Kat- Language and Culture with the award stones: sell writes to announce the publication given by the International Association of On the Border of Snow and Melt: of Teachers of Russian Language and Congratulations to Nancy Condee Selected Poems of Georgy Ivanov, Literature(MAPRIAL) and the Russkiy (University of Pittsburgh), who was Translated, Edited, and Annotated by Mir Foundation, sponsors of the festival. awarded the 2011 MLA Slavic Studies Jerome Katsell and Stanislav Shvabrin. Sandstrom teaches Russian at Thomas award, the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione (Perceval Press, Santa Monica, CA, Jefferson High School for Science and Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages 2011, 532 pp.) This dual language Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. To and Literatures, for her Oxford Uni- book is the first substantial collection in be invited to the festival, teachers had versity Press monograph The Imperial English of the poems of Russian émigré to be recognized by an international Trace: Recent Russian Cinema. The poet Georgy Ivanov (1894-1958). committee for their career contributions prize was conferred at the January 2012 to the teaching of Russian. During the MLA conference in Seattle. The cita- Svitlana Krys, assistant editor of festival in Saint Petersburg they moved tion reads: Canadian Slavonic Papers/Revue ca- through a series of activities, including “In The Imperial Trace Nancy nadienne des slavistes, reports that the individual interviews with a team of Condee brilliantly accomplishes two journal has published a special issue, v. judges for the finalists pressing goals at once. The book is an 53, no. 2-3-4 (2011), “Twenty Years On: Sandstrom has served as Program insightful guide to six major post-Soviet Slavic Studies Since the Collapse of the Director of a StarTalk institute for stu- filmmakers whose work it explores Soviet Union.” The issue includes re- dents and teachers of Russian, held at aesthetically as a function of cinematic search articles by Adrienne Harris, Ben Thomas Jefferson High School and in style and cultural ideology and histori- McVicker, Mary Nicholas, Maryna Ro- Glastonbury, Connecticut. She is a for- cally as an imaginative response to the manets, and Helena Yakovlev-Golani, mer AATSEEL Vice President and is the decay and collapse of t h e S o v i e t as well as review essays by leading current Vice President of ACTR.

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Alina Israeli Everything You Always Wanted (American University) Please send questions to: Prof. Alina to know about Russian Grammar Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington DC but were afraid to ask 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: aisrael@ american.edu

Q. The use of ты and вы is very difficult for us Americans. зарёванный Коля, старательно прячущий взгляд. [Виктор Could you discuss it? Пелевин. Синий фонарь (1991)] A. Paul Friedrich, who studied the usage of these pro- — Киселева, ты что, забыла о неразглашении военной nouns in the 19th century (“Structural Implications of Rus- тайны? У тебя ведь допуск по форме раз к секретным sian Pronominal Usage” in: Language, Context, and the документам! Бумагу о неразглашении подписывали? Imagination, Stanford University Press, 1979), suggested four Чукин, тебя тоже это касается, — вклинился в разговор parameters: society, culture, language, and speech. Society for [командир лодки капитан второго ранга] Гужов, не him meant gentry, peasants, мещанство, and разночинцы. желавший предоставлять сопернику даже слабого шанса In our time we should distinguish city dwellers and their на реабилитацию. Врезал Борису, не вставая со стула. various subgroups, and peasants. Culture dictates norms of Жаль, обладатели биноклей не слышали этой фразы. Судя communication between various individuals. Language is по всему, мы на пороге войны, враги вышли из подполья. a collection of all possible address forms, and examples of [Варвара Синицына. Муза и генерал (2002)] speech are listed below. First one has to establish what types of address exist and b. old friends (reciprocal): then what governs them, although the discussion is necessar- ily interrelated. The forms of address should be seen as a fried — Это что ж такое? Что за странный субъект: парится egg metaphor: the yolk in the middle — representing general в штанах, а как за стол садиться, так он их сымает. use, and the white around it — representing peripheral use, Зачем, — говорит, — Егоров, ты привел с собой этого related to some subsets, subgroups of the society. типа?! (Гр. Горин. Сауна) In the center or core we find the following correspondence Typically, they will use first names and last names at between nominal forms of address and the pronouns: different times, although there may be exceptions.

господин (г–н) Соловьёв — вы 2. Пётр Иванович* — ты Владимир Сергеевич — вы a. working class, peasants: Володя — вы Егоров советует: Володя — ты Вова, Вовочка, Вовик — ты — Ты, Николай Степанович, ступай прямо в них [джинсах] в парилку. От нагревания предмет Pre-teen children and animals are always addressed расширится, ты из него и выскочишь! (Гр. Горин. ты. Сауна) At some point of daily activity, practically every adult — Я схожу вниз, вы здесь обождите. person would find himself or herself in a situation where he — Пал Палыч, ты живой? [Г. Я. Бакланов. Нездешний // or she would use one of these core address forms. «Знамя», 2001] The third type (вы with the diminutive) seems most un- usual to students of Russian, yet, it is extremely common: b. old party or Komsomol workers (reciprocal): Он шутливо добавил: — Я заметил, все свои речи он произносил при вас, — Я вот о чем попрошу тебя, Леонид Сергеевич, Машенька, а когда вы хлопотали в кухне, он берег свое — сказал он, — не учи ты меня, а во-вторых, я попрошу тебя красноречие. (Вас. Гроссман. Жизнь и судьба) в моем присутствии подобных разговоров не вести. In the periphery, you have to belong to a certain social Мадьяров сказал: group or have a certain position to use the following forms: — Знаешь, Петр Лаврентьевич, и ты не учи меня. Я сам отвечаю за свои разговоры, как ты за свои. [Василий 1. Соловьёв — ты Гроссман. Жизнь и судьба, ч. 1 (1960)] a. school teacher (or a similar authority figure), higher — Герман Алексеевич, ты на себя давно последний раз rank in military etc. (non reciprocal): в зеркало смотрел? [Вячеслав Морозов. Адмирал ФСБ (2004) // «Наш современник», 2004.03.15] — Так, кто тут главный мертвец? Толстенко, ты? На пороге стояла Антонина Васильевна в белом халате, а рядом с ней 12 February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

3. patronymic only — Петрович* ты (rarely вы) by an endearing diminutive despite using ты. The third circle working class friends or people who are usually called would include people with whom the center person is on a by patronymic only (peasants or working class or lower level first name basis but на вы. The fourth circle would include personnel, such as cleaning ladies): people whom the center person has to address by name and patronymic. Finally, outside the fourth circle would be those — Ну это уж ты, Петрович, разошёлся, это уж ты зря. [Виктор addressed by last name with the prefix господин/госпожа. Астафьев. Затеси (1999) // «Новый Мир», № 2, 2000] These would be people whom the center person disapproves — Ниловна, вы смотрите, какая красота! Держите! ― И она of or would not care to be associated with (unless they are ловко кинула старухе пару яблок. [Ю. О. Домбровский. foreign dignitaries, and then this address form is part of Факультет ненужных вещей, часть 5 (1978)] protocol): Нянечка Петровна тщательно подтерла пол, а Дина в тот Господа Волошин, Сурков, Абрамов дружат друг против же день записалась на прием к гинекологу. [Ирина друга. [Иосиф Гальперин. Власть «делом» занимается (2003) Безладнова. Дина // «Звезда», 2003] // «Совершенно секретно», 2003.08.09] (*Why did I use Владимир Сергеевич before, and Эти реформы, — заявил г-н Ковалев, — естественный switched to Петр Иванович and Петрович? Different social шаг для человека, который является выходцем из этой groups have different typical names, and as a result some организации и который окружал себя людьми со схожей patronymics are more commonly used alone.) биографией”. [Юлия Латынина. Самурайская дружба (2003) Of all of these peripheral, as I call them, usages, I myself // «Еженедельный журнал», 2003.03.17] would use only 1b in reference to people I knew from youth So the problem is to figure out who falls into which and in some specific circumstances (and not to all old friends circle for each individual person, for “me”. Among the char- either): Воробьёва, ты куда пропала? for example, to ex- acteristics that are particularly important for figuring out the press a mild reprimand for lack of communication. distinctions are: (relative and absolute) age, social group (in- The core uses are applicable to all of us, or most of us, cluding professional), and gender. Then come length of time as I said before. One could imagine a person surrounded by of acquaintance and degree of emotional and/or psychological a number of concentric circles, and some people fall into closeness, and finally one’s personality. each of the circles. Those he or she is closest to would be Let’s start from the end: there are timid people who switch addressed as Вова. The second circle would include all the to ты with great difficulty, as their timidity requires a form Володя’s whom the center person would not dare to address of a social barrier which вы provides.

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Classmates from high school through college will use ты, И тут она неожиданно выпалила: but they would use вы to a graduate student who teaches the — Вы мне не тыкайте. Говорите на «вы». class (or in secondary education to a college student-teacher). — В армии командир обращается к бойцу всегда на In this case the age difference is minimal, under ten years, «ты», but there is a difference in status. — тут же среагировал я. Young people meeting for the first time in a friends’ house may use ты, if the friend who introduces them is very close Павлова возбужденно ответила: to both of them; otherwise they may use вы. Also, if one is — Я к этому не привыкла и привыкать не намерена. [Батарея male and the other is female, this produces an additional initial с женским составом (2002) // «Жизнь национальностей», barrier. Then as their friendship develops they may switch to 2002.06.05] ты, if there is no major age difference between them. Older people, above 30-35, are most likely to start with In the next two examples, there is an asymmetry. In the вы in either case. Their “probation” period will also be lon- first example, the older speaker demands that the younger ger, and they will switch to ты only if they develop a close not use the ты-form, while using it himself. In the second professional or friendly relationship. (On a personal note I example, the offended speaker first asks to be addressed by would like to tell an anecdote. I have two female colleagues the вы-form, but then himself switches to the ты-form out and friends. We were in our thirties when we met. Eventu- of anger. This way he reciprocates the offense. ally, I switched to ты — mutually, of course, — with both of them. One time the three of us had lunch together. To my — Слушай ты, Жуканов! — произнес Матвеев с угрозой. great surprise, they were both saying ты to me and вы to — Сорок восемь лет Жуканов. Да ты мне не тыкай, — молод each other.) еще тыкать. [Виктор Кин. По ту сторону (1928)] As people age, the switch to ты becomes even more Я схватил его за грудки: difficult, and requires even more professional, spiritual, and — Ты зачем сюда приперся, скажи? emotional closeness. It happens faster with people of the same — А вы зачем сюда приехали? gender than across gender. — Ну, это уж не твое дело. Across generations, switching to ты is even harder. And — И мое дело — не ваше. И не тыкай мне, слышишь? here it depends on personality: some older people will say Меня Владимир зовут, Владимир Любомирович! ты to just about anyone who is younger, while other people (Вас. Голованов. Остров) keep the distance with вы. A younger person cannot possibly switch to ты with an older person without an explicit request As one can see, this is a very complex and vast topic of the former, and in many instances such a request would worthy of a dissertation or two that would require serious be turned down. field study to determine the exact parameters of each social There are some professional groups in which ты is a norm group, when one and the same person is called by patronymic across gender and generations, for example actors. While only and when by other names. It would be interesting to professors usually say вы when speaking to their students, this investigate the parameters of asymmetry as well. rule may not work in theater schools and music schools. © 2011 by Alina Israeli So when children are told that it is “impolite” to address people using ты, what is meant (unconsciously) is that there is a social distance that should not be crossed. When people do cross a social divide, they may be told to back off. But here again we encounter asymmetry. In the first set of examples below the speaker is asking not to use AATSEEL Newsletter Needs Column the ты-form, “не тыкайте”, while using the вы-form: Архипов закусил губу. Но ответил с достоинством: Editors & Contributors The AATSEEL Newsletter currently carries columns — Я бы попросил вас, Борис Борисович, выбирать выражения. about news in the fields of Belarusica, Czech and Russian. И не тыкайте мне, я с вами детей не крестил. We invite readers to send information for sharing to the re- — Еще бы я с тобой — ой, простите, с вами! — детей крестил. spective column editors. Сделайте одолжение, Владимир Юрьевич, осчастливьте, We are currently looking for editors for the Ukranian посмотрите больную своим недреманным алмазным оком! studies. [Влада Валеева. Скорая помощь (2002)] If you are interested in editing a new column or helping a Тогда Павлова при всех девушках обратилась ко мне с current editor, come forward. We are willing to add columns вопросом: for other Slavic languages and covering topics of interest to — Кем я могу работать на приборах? all. Please contact Betty Lou Leaver at [email protected]. — Ты сама выбирай. Что тебе подходит? — в свою очередь спросил я.

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Editor: Elena Denisova-Schmidt Cross-Cultural Communication University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland

This column deals with cross-cultural issues. Topics covered will include teaching culture through language, cross-cultural communication in business environment and cross-cultural communication in academic settings. Any suggestions are wel- comed. Please contact Elena Denisova-Schmidt ([email protected])

Views of Russia in Research using the Cultural Perspectives Questionnaire of Maznevski/Florence Kluckhohn and Fred Strodtbeck’ Framework The American anthropologists Florence Kluckhohn and Fred Strodtbeck investigated the empirical value orientations around which they assumed people seek meaning (Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck 1961:12). The comparative study was conducted within five cultures in the Southwest United States: Navaho, Zuni, Mexican-American, Texan Homesteaders, and Mormon. Based on this investigation, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck proposed five universal dimensions that, according to the scientists, can be observed in every culture: Human Nature, Man-Nature, Relational, Time and Activity.

Orientation Postulated Range of Variations Evil Mixture of Good and Evil Good Human Nature Mutable Immutable Mutable Immutable Mutable Immutable Man-Nature Subjugation-to-Nature Harmony-with-Nature Mastery-over-Nature Relational Lineality Collaterality Individualism Time Past Present Future Activity Being Being-in-Becoming Doing

Figure 1: Kluckhohn/Strodtbeck 1961:12.

Relationships to nature. People have a need or duty to control or master nature (domination), to submit to nature (subjuga- tion), or to work together with nature to maintain harmony and balance (harmony) Beliefs about human nature. People are inherently good, evil, or a mixture of good and evil. Relationships between people. The greatest concern and responsibility is for one’s self and immediate family (individual- ist), for one’s own group that is defined in different ways (collateral), or for one’s groups that are arranged in a rigid hierarchy (hierarchical). Nature of human activity. People should concentrate on living for the moment (being), striving for goals (achieving), or reflecting (thinking). Conception of space. The physical space we use is private, public, or a mixture of public and private. Orientation to time. People should make decisions with respect to traditions or events in the past, events in the present, or events in the future. Source: Thomas 2008: 48.

While the Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck framework has been applied in some empirical studies covering management styles in Western countries (e.g. Lane/DiStefano/Maznevski 2000), there have been no similar investigations describing Russia. The Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck model is one of the oldest cultural conceptual frameworks, however. The Cultural Perspectives Ques- tionnaire (CPQ) of Maznevski et al. (1995; 2002) is based mainly on this framework (Relationships, Environment, Nature of Humans and Activity). I. Activity: Doing (AD): People should continually engage in activity to accomplish tangible tasks. Thinking (AT): People should consider all aspects of a situation carefully and rationally before taking action. Being (AB): People should be spontaneous, and do everything in its own time.

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II. Relation to environment: empires between 1790 and 1918, as well as the high rate of Mastery (RNC): We should control, direct and change emigration to the West and the maintenance of ties with the the environment around us. fatherland, while Russia suffered from totalitarian regimes, Subjugation (RNS): We should not try to change the ba- especially in the Stalin era. Many researchers are convinced sic direction of the broader environment around us, and we that, especially during this time, the whole society lost their should allow ourselves to be influenced by a larger natural family values and their basic human rights (Lapidus 1998, or supernatural element. Kiblitskaya 2000 adapted from Woldu, Budhwar, Parkes Harmony (RNH): We should strive to maintain a bal- 2006). ance among the elements of the environment, including ourselves. 2. Russia and America. The other interesting finding concerning Russia made by Woldu, Budhwar and Parkes III. Relationships among people: (2006) is the correlation between Russian and American Individual (Rl): Our primary responsibility is to and managers in relation to collective and hierarchical value sys- for ourselves as individuals, and next for our immediate tems. The results of their study show that while the traditional families. collective and hierarchical value system of Russian managers Collective (RC): Our primary responsibility is to and is diminishing, American managers seem to be embracing for a larger extended group of people, such as an extended a more collective and structured corporate culture. The re- family or society. searchers clarify this by pointing out that both American and Hierarchical (RH): Power and responsibility are natu- Russian managerial cultures are moving from historically rally unequally distributed throughout society; those higher different cultural orientations to the center. in the hierarchy have power over and responsibility for those References: lower. Kihlitskaya, M. 2000: Russia’s Female Breadwinners. In IV. Nature of humans: Ashwin, S. (ed.) Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Good/Evil (HNG): The basic nature of people is essen- Post-Soviet Russia. London: Routledge. tially good (lower score) or evil (higher score). Kluckhohn, F.R./Strodtbeck, F.L. 1961: Variations in Value Changeable/Unchangeable (HNC): The basic nature of Orientations. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson human is changeable (higher score) from good to evil or vice Kostera, M. 1995: Differing Managerial Responses to Change versa, or nor changeable (lower score). in Poland, in Organization Studies, 16(4): 673-97. Source: Maznevski et al. (1995; 2002): Cultural orienta- Lane, H.W./DiStefano, J.J./Maznevski, M L (eds.) 2000: In- tions and dimensions ternational Management Behavior. Oxford: Blackwell. cit. from Woldu, Budhwar, Parkes 2006:1079. Lapidus, G. 1988: The Interaction of Women’s Work and Family Roles in the USSR, in Women and Work: An It is certainly questionable whether these four di- Annual Review, 3: 87-121. mensions developed in the West are applicable to the Lucas, E. 1998: Eastern Europe: Time To Smarten Up, in The Russian context or not. Moreover, any questionnaires World in 1998. Special Edition: The Economist, 44. might yield answers indicating how the respondents Maznevski, M. L./DiStephano, J.J./Nason, S.W. 1995: Cul- think they should act instead of how they really act in tural Perspectives Questionnaire. London, Ontario, and their professional lives. In any case, the model gives the Charlottesville, VA: The University of Western Ontario opportunity to compare other countries alongside Russia and The University of Virginia. (this model was used for instance to make a cross-national Maznevski, M.L./DiStephano, J.J./Gomerz, C.B./Noorder- comparison of cultural value orientations of Indian, Polish, haven, N.G./Wu, P. 2002: Cultural Dimensions at the Russian and American employees by Woldu/Budhwar/Parkes Individual Level of Analysis: The Cultural Orientations 2006). The results of the comparison are very interesting Framework, in International Journal of Cross Cultural and might be useful in other fields: Management, 2: 275-296. Thomas, D. C. 2008: Cross-Cultural Management: Essential 1. Russia and other ex-communist countries. Many Concepts. Los Angeles: Sage. scientists tend to reduce all the ex-communist countries of Woldu, H. G./Budhwar P. S./Parkes, C. (2006): A Cross- Central and Eastern Europe to the same level (see Kostera National Comparison of Cultural Value Orientations of 1995, Lucas 1998). The study by Woldu, Budhwar and Parkes Indian, Polish, Russian and American Employees, in: (2006) disproves this assumption. According to the authors, International Journal of Human Resource Management, the value orientations of Polish and Russian employees differ 17, 6, 1076-1094. significantly from one another. The explanation for this is the different historical backgrounds: even though both nations belong to the Slavic ethnic group, Poland was significantly influenced by the Prussian, Austro-Hapsburg and Russian

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Russian at Work: Editor: Katya Jordan, Interviews with Professionals University of Virginia Who Use Russian on the Job

Brett Greenspan works for a de- Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, this should not discourage anyone who partment at the Russian state-run news and Scriabin. He says, “For whatever is considering making an educational agency RIA Novosti that is responsible reason, I identified most with the music trip to Russia. Legal questions aside, for translating a variety of texts, from of Russian composers. My interest in cultural and linguistic experiences government websites to news pieces Russian culture grew by extension.” one can be part of by simply being in for the RIA Novosti English-language This is what motivated him to take a a foreign country are invaluable. Mr. website. Russian language course in his second Greenspan’s advice to those getting Mr. Greenspan uses his knowledge year of college. “I was captivated by ready to go to Russia is to spend more of Russian on a daily basis: he not only the sound of the language. I would listen time with those who actually speak translates Russian documents into Eng- to BBC Russian even though I didn’t Russian: “It’s very easy to become lish, but also edits documents translated understand a word of it. It was music to insulated from the culture around you into English by his Russian colleagues. my ears,” confesses Mr. Greenspan. by hanging out with English speakers The agency’s standard policy is to make When choosing a major in college, or Russians who want to improve their sure that all translation comes as a re- Mr. Greenspan “was torn about what English. Try to resist the temptation.” sult of a collaboration between native to major in anyway, and majoring in In fact, any student of Russian needs Russian speakers and native English Russian allowed [him] to choose a ma- to remember that “there is no trick or speakers. Such an arrangement is rare jor without really choosing one.” He short-cut to learning Russian or any in the translation business, because most continued taking courses that interested language. If you want to become really translation agencies do not have the him, such as history, literature, and proficient, you need to read things in resources to devote to each text. Mr. politics, as long as they were related to Russian outside of class and acquire as Greenspan shared in his interview with Russia. He was also strongly interested much vocabulary as you can. Study the me that at his previous job he was trans- in graduating with a practical skill, a language seriously. Russians, like any lating contracts and other documents foreign language, which made Russian other people in the world, respond very that were simply filed away, which was a logical choice. positively to someone who has clearly not very satisfying. Although “transla- The year after his graduation from made an effort to learn their language, tion is always a challenge,” Mr. Green- college, Mr. Greenspan visited Russia even if you still make mistakes in every span feels that working for RIA Novosti for the first time. The company he other sentence. I imagine that helps in is particularly rewarding because here had been working for as a freelance any type of career that involves contact he is able to translate texts that are ac- translator brought him over to work in with Russians.” tually going to be read by an audience. the Moscow office. He spent several Although Mr. Greenspan uses Rus- Mr. Greenspan had always felt a months there and acquired some first- sian on the job “all day, every day,” vague attraction to Russia, and it was hand knowledge of the intricacy of the outside of his professional sphere the music that led him to a deeper interest Russian legal system. Mr. Greenspan language rarely comes up. Nonethe- in a foreign culture. In high school warns, “For anyone who aims to work less, he jokes, if you know Russian, he started listening to Russian classi- in Russia after graduation, know that “you can appreciate how bad Matt Da- cal composers, such as Rachmaninov, visa issues are incredibly complex”; yet mon’s Russian accent is in the Bourne Supremacy.” At the end of the interview, Mr. Greenspan admits that unfortunately AATSEEL is now on FACEBOOK! he has become “less enchanted with Become a Fan of the AATSEEL Facebook page. Russia than in [his] student days. That’s Keep updated on news of the organization and inevitable when it becomes your job … The romance is the first thing to go.” On profession, and find other AATSEEL fans. the bright side, what remains is a steady interest in the language, coupled with an understanding that learning a language is “a never-ending job.”

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Editor: Valery Belyanin PSYCHOLOGY OF (Kaluga State University) LANGUAGE LEARNING speech? In any language, people can reduce speech sounds so that sometimes This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers of Slavic languages words only have a single consonant left regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. over. In English one could say “If eggs Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to will do I can make us a quick supper” Valery Belyanin ([email protected]) in such a way that the first syllable becomes “feggs”. But English listeners How Are Spoken very fast too because humans easily did not find egg easily in fegg. So it’s utter hundreds of words per minute. not a matter of whether there is an inter- Words Recognized? Researchers found that the speed with pretation of the leftover consonant to be which words are recognized depends on Adriana Hanulíková thought of. It is only when a language the sounds that precede and follow them allows stand-alone single-consonant [email protected] (e.g. Norris et al. 1997). Spoken-word Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, words that listeners are forced to vary recognition studies in many languages the leftover consonant rule. & Language, Donostia-San Sebastián, have shown that listeners find it harder Spain www.bcbl.eu So word recognition across lan- and are slower to detect a word in a guages is not uniformly constrained Whether watching a movie or lis- nonsense string if a single consonant by consonant sequences. Slovak has tening to a friend, the ease and the speed is left over (e.g., the English egg in allowed us to see something very impor- with which we comprehend spoken fegg), and they find it easier and are tant: in addition to universal tendencies, language is a remarkable achievement. faster if a syllable remains (e.g., egg listeners use their language-specific The conversion of sound to meaning in maffegg) (see Cutler et al. 2010, for knowledge about minimal words to works so well in one’s native language an overview). Because there is a strong achieve successful speech comprehen- that most people take its efficiency for tendency across world languages for sion. granted. It is only when we listen to a syllable peaks to contain vowels rather foreign language that we realize that than consonants (Bell 1978), it has been Bell, A. (1978). Syllabic consonants. spoken language lacks uniform mark- suggested that universally across lan- ers to indicate when one word ends guages, listeners settle on correct word In J. Greenberg (Ed.), Universals and the next begins. Spoken language sequences by making sure to avoid any of human language: Phonology is not only continuous, it is ambiguous leftover consonants. (Vol. 2, pp. 153-201). Stanford, CA: too. Many words contain other words But what happens in those lan- Stanford University Press. embedded in them (e.g. mile in smile guages that allow stand-alone single- Cutler, A., El Aissati, A., Hanulíková, etc). So just how do humans recognize consonant words? The previous studies A., & McQueen, J. M. (2010). spoken words in running speech? did not allow a test of this case because Effects on speech parsing of vow- Researchers have answered this in all of the tested languages single elless words in the phonology. In question: As the spoken language un- consonants were not possible words. Abstracts of Laboratory Phonology folds over time, listeners consider all Slovak has four such words (k ‘to’, v 12 (pp. 115-116). words that match the incoming speech ‘in’, s ‘with’, z ‘from’). Do leftover Hanulíková, A., McQueen, J. M., & (e.g. smile, mile, and isle), and these single consonants make comprehending Mitterer, H. (2010). Possible words words compete with each other for speech difficult for Slovak listeners too? and fixed stress in the segmentation recognition (see McQueen 2007, for a The answer turned out to be yes - except of Slovak speech. Quarterly Jour- review). Remarkably, only those words for those consonants that were them- nal of Experimental Psychology, that can account for the entire speech selves words (Hanulíková et al. 2010). 63, 555 -579. signal win the competition and are Otherwise, leftover consonants made McQueen, J. M. (2007). Eight questions recognized. English listeners ultimately listening just as difficult in Slovak as about spoken-word recognition. In recognize the word smile because the in any other language. Slovak listeners M. G. Gaskell (Ed.), The Oxford recognition of the spurious embeddings recognized the word ruka ‘hand’ faster handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. mile or isle would leave over mean- in gruka (g being the voiced counter- 37-53). Oxford: Oxford University part of the preposition k) than in truka ingless consonants (sm). Since such Press. consonants are not words or syllables (t being a nonword), even though both Norris, D., McQueen, J. M., Cutler, in English, the word smile rather than s sequences are equally ungrammatical. mile or sm isle is the preferred interpre- So the universal rule seems to hold even A., & Butterfield, S. (1997). The tation of the speech. for Slovak, but clearly it is modified in possible-word constraint in the Of course, the competition process the case of the four single-consonant segmentation of continuous speech. happens so automatically that listeners prepositions. Cognitive Psychology, 34, 191- are never aware of the choices they have But one could ask yet another ques- 243. had to make. But it all has to happen tion: how does this rule apply in reduced 20 February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

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DOMESTIC SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

AATSEEL compiles information on U.S.-based summer programs in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian languages and cultures. The information below was provided in late 2011 and is subject to change. Please contact programs directly for details and updates. These listings include only Slavic, East European, and Eurasian offerings. Many of the programs listed offer additional languages, e.g. Chinese or Arabic. See individual program sites for details. These listings include only programs where instruction is offered either wholly or primarily in the United States. Many institutes have multiple programs, with different dates, locations, etc. The information below shows broadest range possible. Individual courses and levels may have different dates, prices, etc. Be sure to check the program site for details. Program directors; send updates for future Newsletters to [email protected]. – Kathleen Evans-Romaine, Arizona State University

Institutions Offering Multiple East- Students of Tatar or Advanced Russian have a separate program. They study in Kazan, Russia for 8 weeks and do European/Eurasian Languages: not come to ASU. Institution: Arizona State University CLI offers grant- and career mentoring, extracurricular activities (including participation by the emigrant communi- Languages: Albanian, Armenian, BCS, Hebrew, ties of Phoenix), and cultural programming. Students are 15 Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Farsi/ minutes by light rail from downtown Phoenix and have easy Persian/Tajik, Tatar, Uzbek access to a wide range of cultural, sports, and entertainment Dates: June 4 – July 20 in Arizona venues. CLI courses are tuition free and open to graduates, un- July 23 – August 17 Abroad (optional) dergraduates, and non-students alike. June 25 – August 17 in Russia (Tatar and Substantial funding is available for graduate students Advanced Russian programs only) through the Department of State’s Title VIII program, for Credits: 8-13 undergraduates through the Melikian Scholars program, for ROTC students through the Project GO effort, and for Tuition/Fees: $700 (plus study-abroad fees) all CLI students through the International Distinguished Housing: Available Engagement Awards program. See http://cli.asu.edu/fellow- Ugrad funding: Melikian Scholars Program ships for details. International Distinguished Engagement Awards Institution: CESSI, Central Eurasian Studies Project GO Scholarships (ROTC students Summer Institute (University of only) Wisconsin, Madison) Grad funding: Title VIII Fellowships Languages: Uyghur, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tajik Website: http://cli.asu.edu Dates: June 13 - Aug 5 Contact: [email protected]; 480-965-4188 Credits: 8 The Arizona State University Critical Languages In- Tuition/Fees: $3,300 stitute (CLI) offers integrated summer language and study- Ugrad funding: FLAS, ACLS abroad programs. Classes run for seven weeks on the ASU Grad funding: FLAS, ACLS campus then optionally continue overseas for an additional four weeks. Instructors and materials are the same in both Website: http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/cessi locations whenever possible. In the words of a former student Email: [email protected]; 608-262-3379 of Tajik: “If you do the study-abroad component, you finish The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia chapter 8 on Friday in Arizona and start chapter 9 on Monday (CREECA) and the Department of Languages and Cultures in Tajikistan.” Students receive between 8 and 13 credits, of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proud depending on which components of CLI they sign up for. to announce the inaugural session of the Central Eurasian Instruction varies by language, but ranges from Elementary Studies Summer Institute (CESSI). Instruction in intensive to Advanced Mastery. first- and second-year Kazakh and Uyghur, intensive first- year Uzbek, and intensive second-year Tajik will be offered

23 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 55, Issue 1 February 2012 this year. CESSI 2011 will also feature lectures (in English) Dates: June 25 – Aug 3/17 on Central Eurasian history and culture and a rich program Credits: 12 of cultural events and field trips related to the countries of Central Eurasia. Tuition/Fees: $350 + $289 per credit Information and application materials are available on Website: http://www.slavic.ucla.edu/summer- the CESSI Web site: www.creeca.wisc.edu/cessi. The pri- programs.html ority deadline for admission and the fee remission grant is Contact: [email protected]; 310-825-3856 March 15, 2011. CESSI is a joint initiative of 22 U.S. Department of Education-funded National Resource Centers at 12 U.S. universities, along with Nazarbayev University (Astana, Institution: University of Pittsburgh Kazakhstan). Program: Russian and East European Summer For further information about CESSI 2011, please con- Language Institute cessi@ tact Nancy Heingartner, CESSI program coordinator, Languages: BCS, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, creeca.wisc.edu , 1-608-262-3379. Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Turkish, Ukrainian Institution: Indiana University Languages offered with an abroad Languages: Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, component: Russian (Moscow), Czech Dari, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, (Prague), BCS (Montenegro), Poland Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, (Krakow), Hungary (Debrecen), Slovak Romanian, Russian, Tatar, Turkish, Uzbek, (Bratislava). Uyghur, Yiddish Dates: June 4 – July 13, or July 29, or August 12 Dates: June 4 – July 27 (abroad component courses) Credits: 6-10 Credits: 6, 8 and 10 Tuition/Fees: $2,434 - $3,425 Tuition/Fees: $3,816-$7710 Housing: $27/day Ugrad funding: Tuition Scholarships, FLAS Ugrad funding: FLAS, Project GO for ROTC cadets and Grad funding: Tuition Scholarships, FLAS, ACLS midshipmen Website: http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/ Grad funding: FLAS, Title VIII; tuition is waived Contact: [email protected]; 412-624-5906 for graduate students in BCS, Czech, University of Pittsburgh offers accredited summer im- Hungarian, and Romanian mersion programs in Pittsburgh and/or abroad in Slavic and Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/ East European languages. The Russian Summer Language Contact: [email protected]; 812-855-2608 Program includes an 8-week, 8-credit intensive language option (June 4-July 27, 2012) in beginning, intermediate, Intensive language training has been offered at the advanced, and fourth-year intensive Russian, as well as a Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The 5+5 Pitt-Moscow option with five weeks in Pittsburgh (June Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic, 4-July 6) and five weeks in Moscow (July 9-August 10). The East European and Central Asian languages the opportunity East European Summer Language Program includes six-week to complete a full year of college language instruction during intensive programs carrying six credits in Pittsburgh (June an eight-week summer session. 4-July 13) in Beginning Bulgarian, Czech, Turkish, Hungar- Utilizing the resources of Indiana University’s own ian and Ukrainian; Beginning and Intermediate Estonian, specialists as well as native speakers from other universities Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak, as well as Beginning and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and main- through Advanced-level Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, tained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all Polish, as well as programs with four week/four-credit add- participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as on abroad components (July 15-August 10) in Bulgaria, the its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Montenegro. In addi- writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range tion a 6-week/6-credit Prague-only Czech immersion course of extra-curricular activities. at the intermediate and advanced levels are offered, as well as a 6-week/6-credit Krakow-only Advanced Polish immer- sion course (July 2-August 10). All of the summer language Institution: UCLA programs consist of five hours per day of instruction and are Languages: BCS, Russian, Romanian proficiency based. Scholarships are available (scholarship

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deadline: March 16, 2012). FLAS fellowships, which cover Founded in 1977, the Russian Language institute at Bryn tuition and provide a stipend, are available for undergraduates Mawr seeks to support the study and teaching of Russian in and graduate students. 2012 ACLS-funded languages pro- the United States by providing an intensive-immersion set- viding tuition for graduate students are Beginning Bosnian/ ting for both teachers and learners of the language. RLI offers Croatian/Serbian, Lithuanian and Latvian. both four- and eight-week programs for male and female high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, concentrating on language training. Specialized seminars are also periodi- Institutions Offering Russian: cally offered for high school and college Russian teachers of Institution: Beloit College Russian under the auspices of RLI. The eight-week Russian Language Institute offers a highly-focused curriculum and Languages: Russian a study environment conducive to the rapid development of Dates: 16 Jun - 10 Aug the four language skills (oral, aural, writing, reading) as well Credits: 12 as cultural awareness. The program draws participants from a broad spectrum of academic fields, occupations, ages, and Tuition/Fees: $5,282 interests. Course offerings are designed to accommodate a full Housing: $638/summer range of language learners, from the beginner to the advanced learner (three levels total). The highly intensive nature of the Meal Plan: $1,318 course work and the culturally-rich immersion environment Ugrad funding: Director’s Scholarship have proven very successful in providing the equivalent of Grad funding: Director’s Scholarship a full academic year of college Russian to participants who complete the program. Website: http://www.beloit.edu/cls/ Contact: [email protected]; 608-363-2277 Institution: Middlebury College The Center for Language Studies at Beloit College of- fers summer intensive language courses in Arabic, Chinese, Languages: Russian Japanese, and Russian (1st through 4th year). Eight- and four- Dates: June 22 – Aug 17 week sessions are available. The full eight-week program runs Credits: 12 from June 16 through August 10; the first four-week session runs from June 16 through July 14; the second four-week Tuition/Fees: $6,620 (8 week undergrad program)/ session runs from July 15 through August 10. Advantages: $4,970 (6 week grad program) personalized instruction, small classes, superb teachers, Housing: $3,140 (mandatory; includes meals for twelve semester hours of credit, language tables, extracur- 8 weeks)/ $2,550 (mandatory; includes ricular activities, a pleasant summer on a lovely campus in meals for 6 weeks) southern Wisconsin with easy access to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago. Applications are accepted beginning in late Ugrad funding: Merit-based fellowships, Davis Fellowship October 2011 and continuing until classes are filled. Reading Grad funding: Merit-based fellowships, Davis Fellowship of complete applications and rolling admissions will begin Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian January 1, 2012. CLS Director’s scholarships are available to all qualified applicants through April 22, 2012. Contact: [email protected]; 802-443-5230 The Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian at Middlebury College offers intensive Russian language in- struction at seven levels in its eight-week program and courses Institution: Bryn Mawr College in language and linguistics, literature, culture, film, history, Languages: Russian and pedagogy in its six-week graduate program. Dates: 6 Jun - 1 Aug Graduate courses can lead to MA or DML degrees in Russian. All courses are taught in an intensive Russian-only Credits: 4-8 environment complemented by rich co-curricular offerings. Tuition/Fees: $3,550 Dates: 22 June – 17 August 2012 (8-week program), 3 July – 17 Housing: $2,800 (includes Meal Plan) *Based on August 2012 (6-week graduate program). last year’s cost. Price set in March 2012 Ugrad funding: need based Institution: Monterey Institute for Int’l Studies Grad funding: need based Languages: Russian Website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/russian/rli.htm Dates: 14 Jun - 10 Aug Contact: [email protected]; 610-526-5187 25 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 55, Issue 1 February 2012

Credit: 4-12 Dates: June 10 – Aug 3 Tuition/Fees: $3,500 Credits: 12 Housing: not included Tuition/Fees for OUT OF STATE: Meals: not included Ugraduate: $12,900.00 Ugrad funding: financial aid Graduate: $ 8,880.00 Grad funding: scholarships Non-Credit: $3,696.00 (+ $383) Website: http://www.miis.edu/academics/language/ Housing: $22 per night (optional) summer Website: http://www.virginia.edu/summer/SLI Contact: [email protected]; 831-647-4115 Contact: [email protected]; 434-243-2241 Language plays a very important role at the Monterey The Summer Language Institute offers eight-week Institute. Our non-degree language programs offer intensive courses in Russian. Students attend classes five days a week, language instruction for participants with a variety of aca- seven and a half hours a day. Listening, speaking, reading, demic or non-academic goals. Whether you are planning to and writing skills are developed in a student-centered environ- study or work abroad, wish to strengthen your skills so you ment. Students are expected to attend all classes and evening can enroll in higher-level courses at your home institute, or cultural activities. Individuals who successfully complete the are looking for an edge in this competitive job market, our Institute earn 12 credits, which satisfies the foreign language non-degree language programs might be just what you are requirement at the University of Virginia. looking for. We offer a Summer Intensive Language Program (http://www.miis.edu/academics/language/summer), as well Institution: University of Washington as customized one-on-one and small group language train- Languages: Russian ing programs in a variety of common and less-commonly taught languages (http://www.miis.edu/academics/language/ Dates: June 18 - Aug 17 custom). These programs are open to anyone interested in Credits: 15 language study and development of cross-cultural under- standing. Tuition/Fees: $9,706 (non-res undergrad); $8,313 (non- res graduate) Website: http://depts.washington.edu/slavweb/ Institution: University of Michigan academics/summer-language-intensives/ Languages: Russian Contact: [email protected]; 206-543-6848 Dates: May 1 – June 18, June 27 – Aug 14 The intensive Summer Language Program has advantages Credits: 8 per class for students in a variety of situations: It enables undergraduates who begin their study of Tuition/Fees: $2,800 per class Russian after their freshman year to complete the four-year Website: http://lsa.umich.edu/sli program in as little as two years and two summers (eight Contact: http://lsa.umich.edu/sli quarters). It provides an opportunity for students from colleges and Summer Term intensive language courses provide universities with limited offerings in Russian to complete the students the opportunity to rapidly increase their level of four years of language that are required by many graduate fluency. Intensive courses condense one or two terms of programs. language study into an eight- or ten-week format; they pro- It allows graduate students in any discipline whose re- vide an excellent means for students to prepare for a study, search requires knowledge of Russian to begin study of the internship, or work abroad experience, graduate school, or language, or to continue it at an appropriate level. for expanded career opportunities. Language teaching at the The Intensive Summer Language Program is open to UM is proficiency-oriented and aims to develop four basic non-UW students registering through the UW Summer skills: speaking, reading, writing, and aural comprehension. Quarter. The program includes extracurricular activities such Courses are designed to teach language within a cultural and as films, language tables for conversation practice, singing, social context, so that students deepen their knowledge of the poetry-reading and drama performances, and lectures on relevant country as they develop language skills Slavic cultures. A number of recreational activities are usually organized, depending on the interests of the student group, Institution: University of Virginia ranging from hikes and bicycle rides to museum visits, concert outings, and even the culinary arts! Languages: Russian 26 February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

Cosmopolitan Educational be considered as an INTERNSHIP with Dubravushka School Center, Novosibirsk, Russia all necessary paperwork and an on-site Getting potential Russian language internship supervision provided. The major benefits to join our pro- students to Russia helps get students to International participants have an gram are as follows: begin the Russian language and/or to opportunity to attend Russian languages We organise an exciting cultural, continue with it. A prestigious 19 year classes every day. Russian classes are social and excursion program for inter- old college preparatory boarding school taught by well-educated native speakers national participants of the camp, which located outside Moscow has a summer trained to teach foreigners. Students are- is a very enriching experience. You will camp program where English is taught placed in a group according to their level be involved in interaction with the Rus- to high school aged Russians. Because of Russian. No previous knowledge of sian children, youth and adults all the the school is eager to expose these Russian is required. time. This is the kind of experience you students to native English speakers, it We will also be happy to arrange will never get if you go as a tourist. offers a program which includes begin- courses on the Russian culture, history, You will gain a first-hand experi- ning and intermediate Russian lessons music, etc., if required. ence of the Russian culture and life style at what is in effect a subsidized rate to We are dedicated to providing a stu- and particularly the Siberian one. They native English speaking high school dent with the most excellent supervision say if you want to know what real Rus- aged students. (185 Euros/wk in 2008) possible. All the students are supervised sia is like you should go to Siberia. This may be the only program where the and each group has a group leader who This is a not-for-profit program. American students are socializing and is normally responsible for 10 students Participation fee covers expenses on living mainly with Russian children. and stays with the group 24 hours a accommodation and ALL meals, and The fee includes room and board, Rus- day. Everyone can expect a warm, sup- tuition fee for students as well. If you sian lessons, inclusion in all the camp portive and friendly atmosphere along come to Russia (Siberia) on your own or activities and airport pick up and drop with professional service. Our goal is through a travel agency you will spend off. Watervaliet, NY Russian language that a student has the most enjoyable much more money compared to what HS teacher Steve Leggiero had 5 of his and worthwhile experience possible you would pay to participate in our pro- students in the program in 2008. Thru during the stay with us. We are deter- gram. Participating in our program you local fund raising including obtaining mined to ensure that everyone benefits won’t need much pocket money, you funds from service clubs, Steve was fully from the interaction with other may only need some spending money able to reduce costs for his students. students and the staff. The Head of Stud- to buy souvenirs and gifts to take back For additional information, see www. ies, Psychologist, the Social Program home. dubravushka.ru or contact Bill Grant, Coordinator and the Program Director All the local services (airport pick- volunteer US Agent, at 941-351-1596 are constantly monitoring the program up, local transportation, excursions) or [email protected] to assure that everyone is enjoying the are provided by our school without any stay and taking advantage of the many additional payment. Georgia Tech - Moscow, Russia activities offered by the school. Parents You don’t have to be a professional Study Russian in the ever-vibrant are allowed to the program. teacher in order to volunteer for the pro- city of Moscow! We also offer excursion packages gram. The most important aspect is your Nothing impacts your language which include trips to Moscow, St. Pe- willingness to participate and share your abilities like time spent in country, liv- tersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, knowledge and culture, as well as your ing with a Russian family. Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, enthusiasm and good will. Teaching at TransSiberian Railroad, ‘Welcome to We offer: the camp is not like an academic teach- Siberia’ program. All the details and Seven weeks of intensive Russian ing routine, it’s more like fun where tour descriptions are available upon courses (minimum 3rd-year level) at the emphasis is made on communication. request. elite Academy of the National Economy Our school will provide you with the We provide all our foreign partici- under the Government of the Russian daily topical schedule for the classes pants with an invitation to obtain a Rus- Federation. and will be happy to assist with lesson sian visa and arrange their registration Course on Contemporary Russia planning and teaching materials. Uni- on arrival. taught in English by top Moscow spe- versity students are eligible to apply as For further details please email cos- cialists in International Affairs and Eco- volunteer teachers. You will gain valu- [email protected] or cosmoschool2@ nomics. Final paper in Russian based on able practical experience, proven ability mail.ru research in Russian newspapers. and contacts that you can use to get a Homestays, including breakfast future job.Teaching at the camp can also and dinner.

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Cultural program in and around safety, only those fees that Georgia Tech great opportunity to soak up the atmo- Moscow, site trips to Intel and GE Rus- is able to have refunded by service pro- sphere of Russian life and culture. sia, and overnight trip to the ancient viders will be returned to participants. If Your students can come to Russia cities of Vladimir and Suzdal. a student withdraws from the program, to study the Russian language with IQ See the Russian LBAT info at http:// the student will be responsible for the Consultancy any time suitable for them. www.modlangs.gatech.edu/lbat/rus- payment of all fees. There are two- or three-week summer sia for more details. *Fee Payment Information: Please programs on fixed dates or we can ar- Expenses adhere to the deadlines stated for the range a course for the students of your *Program fee – $4300 (includes program. Please observe the informa- university only, if they come in group homestay with daily breakfast and din- tion in Payment Options to ensure that of 6-10 students. Students can prolong ner, cultural excursions, visa, insurance, your payments are processed at the their stay and study the Russian lan- ground transportation, books, airport Bursar’s Office on time. Fees will be guage with IQ Consultancy in a one- pickup on June 1 or 2). Price excludes charged to your Oscar account on the on-one format or joining any current tuition and airfare. due dates. Make sure you make all group of students. Nine credits tuition (out of state necessary payments on time in order to The summer program is comprised students pay in-state tuition and fees avoid a hold on your account. Students of the following activities which are plus $250**) expecting financial aid must submit a included in tuition fees: 20 academic Non-refundable application fee – letter from the Financial Aid Office stat- hours of General Russian a week in a $200 ing the allocation and date of payments group; 40 hours for 2 weeks and 60 for Application deadline − expected. Tuition and student fees are 3 weeks respectively. February 15, 2012. due according to the Registrar’s sched- IQ Consultancy offers different The first installment of the pro- ule for summer tuition. supplementary services to our students gram fee ($2500) will be due on March Students who (with the Program Di- (they are charged extra), such as pro- 1. The final installment ($1800) will rector’s approval) apply and register for viding visa support, arranging different be due on April 1. Payments are non- LBAT programs after the deadlines are types of accommodation, transfer and refundable responsible for Program Fee payments an entertainment program. On your Students are encouraged to apply according to the original deadlines at wish, we will fill in your afternoon for financial aid. Georgia Tech students the time of application or at the time of hours with cultural program after the may apply to the Program Directorfor the applicant’s acceptance. language classes. We will show you the for the Modern Languages’ Campoamor **If you are a Non-GT (Transient/ evening and night life of the city and scholarship (appr. $400). Hope scholar- Special) student, you are required to arrange an entertainment program on ship can be applied. submit TWO separate applications to the weekends. We cooperate with dif- Project Go: ROTC students from the OIE. Please go to Application Proce- ferent reputable and established agen- Georgia Tech and other participating dures for Transient/Special/Non-Degree cies which provide these services and universities are eligible for a special Students (Non-GT Students) for details. guarantee our students a comfortable scholarship to study abroad in Russia. Please complete your application by stay in St. Petersburg. The scholarship can be applied to the February 15. For further information on summer language programs offered by IQ Con- LBAT program. IQ Consultancy Summer School See also the 9-week “Spring sultancy you can contact us at any time Track” program (Russian 1002, 2001 of the Russian Language by e-mail, skype, phone or ICQ listed: and 2002) offered in Moscow May IQ Consultancy offers an intensive Tel: +7 (812) 3225808, + 7 (812) 28-July 29. two or three week summer program 3183390, +7 (911) 206 85 78 E-mail: Program descriptions and fees are for studying the Russian language to natalia.pestovnikova@iqconsultancy. subject to final approval by educational foreign students majoring not only in ru or [email protected] IСQ: units and the Office of International the Russian language and literature but 418528066 Skype: RussianinRussia also in history, economics, engineer- Education. Georgia Tech reserves the Вывучайце беларускую мову ў right to alter or cancel this program due ing or any other subjects. The summer to low enrollment, unavailability of a school is the right option for everyone Польшчы! professor to teach a planned course, or willing to develop their language skills Study Belarusian in Poland! other unforeseen circumstances. Once and get an unforgettable international Southwestern College Georgia Tech has made payments to experience while exploring St. Peters- 3rd International Summer School of service providers, or if Georgia Tech burg, one of the world’s most exciting Belarusian Studies cancels the program before departure and fascinating cities. This short term Hajnówka, Poland or while the program is in progress for immersion program ensures not only July 8-August 5, 2012 reasons beyond its control, such as po- intensive language practice but also a The Center for Belarusian Studies litical unrest or danger to participants’ at Southwestern College (Winfield,

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KS) invites undergraduate and gradu- Cultural Program be announced as details become avail- rd ate students to participate in its 3 Coursework will be supplemented able). Financial aid from the Center for International Summer School of Be- by a rich and diverse cultural program, Belarusian Studies will be available. larusian Studies from July 8 to August including visits to Belarusian minority Contacts 5, 2012. The program, co-sponsored by cultural organizations and media outlets, the Poland-based Belarusian Historical meetings with Belarusian writers and For further information and ap- Society, will be held at the Belarusian artists, films, concerts, and excursions plication materials, please visit the Cultural Center and Belarusian Lyceum to important sites related to Belarusian CBS website (http://belarusiancenter. in the town of Hajnówka in the Pod- culture and the other cultures of the org/) or contact the program director, lasie region of northeastern Poland, an Podlasie region: the city of Białystok, Dr. Curt Woolhiser (cwoolhis@gmail. area of great natural beauty and home the recently restored Orthodox monas- com). Please note that the deadline for to Poland’s ethnic Belarusian minor- tery and Museum of Icons in Supraśl, all applications is March 30, 2012. ity — an ideal setting for the study of the Białowieża (Biełavieža) National Belarusian language, history, society Park (the largest and ecologically most Center for Belarusian Studies and culture, as well as for the study of a diverse remnant of the primeval forests Southwestern College broad range of issues relating to cultural of the Northern European plain), the 100 College St diversity and minorities policies in the historic town of Bielsk Podlaski, the Winfield, KS 67156 USA expanded EU. Holy Mountain of Grabarka (the most E-mail: [email protected] important Eastern Orthodox pilgrim- Phone: 620-229-6227 Program th age site in Poland), the 17 -century University of Pittsburgh Coursework will include intensive Great Synagogue in Tykocin, the Tatar Belarusian language instruction (be- mosque in Kruszyniany, and the Bor- International Programs ginning and intermediate levels and derland Center in Sejny, a unique insti- Summer Language Program in Russia individual advanced-level tutorials) and tution dedicated to preserving the rich lectures in English and Belarusian on multicultural heritage of the borderland In Summer of 2012 the University Belarusian history, literature, contem- region and promoting dialogue and of Pittsburgh will offer a special op- porary politics and society. The program mutual understanding between its many portunity to combine five weeks of will also include a regional studies ethnic groups and cultures. In mid-July intensive language study in Pittsburgh component, with lectures and events students will also have the opportunity (June 4-July 6, 2012) with five weeks focusing on the history, culture and to attend Basovišča, the annual festival of intensive Russian study at Moscow current status of the Belarusian minor- of Belarusian rock music organized by State University in Russia (July 9-Au- ity in Poland, as well as of the Podlasie the Belarusian Students’ Association in gust 10). In the “5+5” program, which region’s other ethnic groups, including the town of Gródek (Haradok) east of is part of the Russian Summer Institute, Poles, Jews, Tatars, Lithuanians, and Białystok. beginning through fourth-year students, Russian Old Believers. and heritage students, will receive in- Optional Tour of Belarus and struction and take part in a program of Faculty Lithuania cultural excursions in Moscow and in other Russian cities. Students will earn The Summer School faculty will At the end of the program, from Au- include instructors from Białystok ten college credits. Scholarships are gust 6-20, students will have the option available. Program strictly limited to 32 University and the Belarusian Lyceum of traveling to Belarus on a guided tour in Hajnówka, as well as visiting in- students. The deadline for applications including Hrodna, Słonim, Navahrudak, is March 16, 2012. Contact: Summer structors from a number of Belarusian Mir, Niaśviž, Minsk, Połack, Viciebsk, universities. Additional guest lectures Language Institute, Dept. of Slavic Lan- Mahiloŭ, Pinsk and Brest. The trip will guages and Literatures, 1417 Cathedral on Belarusian history, politics, society end with a tour of the Lithuanian capital and culture will be given by leading re- of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Vilnius, including important sites re- Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624-5906; searchers in the field of Belarusian stud- lated to the history of the Grand Duchy ies from Europe and North America. email: [email protected]; http://www. of Lithuania and the modern Belarusian slavic.pitt.edu/ Accommodations national movement. Participants will have a choice Program Fees & Financial Aid Summer Language Program in Bul- of hotel accommodations at the Be- The program cost, including tu- garia larusian Cultural Center, or homestays ition, room, board, cultural program In Summer of 2012 the Univer- with Belarusian-speaking families in and excursions is $3,000 (the cost of sity of Pittsburgh will offer a special Hajnówka. the optional tour of Belarus and eastern opportunity to combine six weeks of Lithuania at the end of the program will intensive beginning-level Bulgarian

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language study in Pittsburgh (June 4- Summer Program in Hungary The deadline for applications is March July 13, 2012) with four weeks of inten- 16, 2012. Contact: Summer Language sive intermediate-level study in Sofia, University of Pittsburgh anounces Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Bulgaria (July 17– August 10). In the its “6+4” program of Hungarian lan- Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, Bulgaria program, students will receive guage in Pittsburgh and in Hungary.. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA instruction and take part in a program Students will study beginning or in- 15260; (412) 624-5906; email: slavic@ of cultural excursions in Sofia and in termediate intensive Hungarian for six pitt.edu; http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ other Bulgarian cities. Students will weeks in Pittsburgh at the University earn ten college credits for particpation of Pittsburgh’s Summer East European Summer Program in Prague and in the Pitt and Bulgaria programs, and Language Institute, followed by four Krakow four credits for Bulgaria only. Students weeks of instruction in Hungary. (Stu- must be at the intermediate-level to par- dents demonstrating adequate academic University of Pittsburgh anounces ticipate in the Bulgaria program with- preparation can choose to join only the its 6-week program of Czech or Pol- out completing the 6-week course in course in Hungary) Based in Debrecen, ish language in Prague or Krakow. Pittsburgh. Scholarships are available. the program includes weekend excur- Students will study for six weeks in The deadline for applications is March sions in Hungary. Together with the abroad at the Intermediate or Advanced 16, 2012. Contact: Summer Language Pittsburgh segment, the courses carry level of Czech or Polish. Informational Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and ten college credits and will be held June meetings, gatherings, excursions, and Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, 4-July 13, 2012 in Pittsburgh, and July trips are an integral part of this study University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 16-August 10 in Hungary. Scholar- program. 140 contact hours make this 15260; (412)624-5906; email: slavic@ ships are available. The deadline for a FLAS-eligible program. The courses pitt.edu; http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ applications is March 16, 2012. Contact: carry six college credits and will be held Summer Language Institute, Dept. of July 2-August 10, 2012 in Poland and Summer Language Program in Mon- Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 the Czech Republic. Scholarships are tenegro Cathedral of Learning, University of available. The deadline for applications Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) is March 16, 2012. Contact: Summer In Summer of 2012 the University 624-5906; email: [email protected]; Language Institute, Dept. of Slavic Lan- of Pittsburgh will offer a special oppor- http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ guages and Literatures, 1417 Cathedral tunity to combine six weeks of intensive of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language Summer Program in Poland Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624-5906; study in Pittsburgh (June 4- July 13, email: [email protected]; http://www. 2012) with four weeks of intensive in- University of Pittsburgh anounces slavic.pitt.edu/ termediate-level study , in Montenegro its “6+4” program of Polish language in (July 16 – August 10) at the intermediate Pittsburgh and in Poland. Students will University of Pittsburgh anounces or advanced level (students in beginning study beginning or intermediate inten- its “6+4” program of Polish language in BCS may continue in Montenegro at sive Polish for six weeks in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh and in Poland. Students will the Intermediate level). In the Mon- at the University of Pittsburgh’s Sum- study beginning or intermediate inten- genegro program, students will receive mer East European Language Institute, sive Polish for six weeks in Pittsburgh instruction and take part in a program of followed by four weeks of instruction at the University of Pittsburgh’s Sum- cultural excursions. Students will earn in Poland. (Students demonstrating ad- mer East European Language Institute, ten college credits for particpation in the equate academic preparation can choose followed by four weeks of instruction Pitt and Monenegro programs, and four to join only the course in Poland.) Based in Poland. (Students demonstrating ad- credits for Montenegro only. Students in Krakow and taught by instructors equate academic preparation can choose must be at the intermediate-level to trained at the Jagiellonian University, to join only the course in Poland.) Based participate in the Montenegro program the program includes weekend excur- in Krakow and taught by instructors without completing the 6-week course in sions in and around Krakow, and a trained at the Jagiellonian University, Pittsburgh. Scholarships are available. 3-day trip to Warsaw. Informational the program includes weekend excur- The deadline for applications is March meetings, gatherings, excursions, and sions in and around Krakow, and a 16, 2012. Contact: Summer Language trips together with students in Po- 3-day trip to Warsaw. Informational Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and land are an integral part of this study meetings, gatherings, excursions, and Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, program, making it unique among trips together with students in Po- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA American study-in-Poland programs. land are an integral part of this study 15260; (412)624-5906; email: slavic@ Together with the Pittsburgh segment, program, making it unique among pitt.edu; http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ the courses carry ten college credits American study-in-Poland programs. and will be held June 4-July 13, 2012 Together with the Pittsburgh segment, in Pittsburgh, and July 16-August 10 the courses carry ten college credits in Poland. Scholarships are available. and will be held June 4-July 13, 2012 30 February 2012 Vol. 55, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER in Pittsburgh, and July 16-August 10 July 1-6, 2012 in Poland. Scholarships are available. Professional 26th World Congress of The The deadline for applications is March Czechoslovak Society of Arts and 16, 2012. Contact: Summer Language Opportunities Sciences Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and The conference will take place in Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, Žilina, Slovakia, July 1 – July 6, 2012 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Grants & Fellowships The online registration is from January 15260; (412) 624-5906; email: slavic@ July 15 Annually 2012 until April 30. 2012. Call for pa- pitt.edu; http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ Kluge Center Fellowships for pers deadline is April 30, 2012. Library of Congress Žilina, located in the northwest re- Summer Program in Slovakia Library of Congress Invites Appli- gion, is a nine hundred years old town, cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. and in the center is the University of University of Pittsburgh anounces The Library of Congress (http://www. Žilina founded in the 50s of the last its “6+4” program of Slovak language in loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to century, and reorganized in 1996. The Pittsburgh and in Slovakia. Students will conduct research in the John W. Kluge University has established contacts with study beginning or intermediate inten- Center using the Library of Congress many universities abroad. Professors sive Slovak for six weeks in Pittsburgh collections and resources for a period and research workers at the University at the University of Pittsburgh’s Sum- of up to eleven months. participate in international educational mer East European Language Institute, Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships and research projects. These include followed by four weeks of instruction will be awarded annually. Fellowships the European Union projects TEMPUS, in Slovakia through Comenius Univer- are tenable for periods from six to COPERNICUS, COST, LLP/ERAS- sity. . (Students demonstrating adequate eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 MUS, Leonardo da Vinci, than CEE- academic preparation can choose to join per month. Visit the Library of Congress PUS, National Scholarship Program, only the course in Slovakia.) Based in Web site for complete fellowship pro- DAAD. The academic staffs are actively Bratislava, the program includes a trour gram information and application proce- involved in cooperation within the EU´s of Slovakia, including possible visits to dures Location: USA Deadline: July 15 6th and 7th Framework programs. Trencin, Zilina, Martin, the High Tatras, each year. Website: http://www.loc.gov/ The University envisages the es- Banska Bystrica, and Kosice. Optional loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html tablishment and gradual development weekend tours (cost not included) are of new courses and curricula reflecting available to Vienna, Prague or Budapest. Conferences & Workshops advances in science and technology. Together with the Pittsburgh segment, Development of life-long learning and the courses carry ten college credits March 9-10, 2012 continuing education programs will be- and will be held June 4-July 13, 2012 CLAC Conference come one of the main tasks in the near in Pittsburgh, and July 15-August 10 in Please save the date for the next future. Continuing and distance educa- Slovakia. Scholarships are available. CLAC conference: March 9-10, 2012, tion at the University will focus on the The deadline for applications is March at the University of Minnesota. demands and requirements of Slovak 16, 2012. Contact: Summer Language March 16-17, 2012 industry and the public and social sec- Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Czechoslovak Genealogical Soci- tors of services. Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, ety International Conference and During the congress participants University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Symposium have an opportunity to take part in cul- 15260; (412) 624-5906; email: slavic@ The CGSI will hold its 2012 Sym- tural events as well as meetings with pitt.edu; http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/ posium March 16-17 at the Family His- Slovak and Czech scientists. For more tory Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. A information consult www.svu2000.org social get together will be planned for October 23-26, 2013 Thursday evening March 15 with details 14th CGSI Genealogical and Cul- Looking for to be announced later. A day at the LDS tural Conference in Illinois Employment Family History Library 35 NW Temple The Czechoslovak Genealogical Street is being offered on Friday March Society International (CGSI) will hold Opportunities? 16. The Library will offer an orientation its 14th Genealogical and Cultural Con- Try the AATSEEL session at 9:00 am especially for our ference at the Westin Lombard Hotel group. Individual research is available in Lombard, Illinois on Wednesday Website! from the conclusion of the orientation October 23 through Saturday October until library closing at 9:00 pm. Friday 26, 2013. http://www.aatseel.org lunch and dinner will be on your own so you can do research or other activities in Salt Lake at your own pace.

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